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Consciousness Talks
Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of states or objects either internal to one's self or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of explanations, analyses, and debate among philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied, or can even be considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with mind, and at other times, an aspect of it.
In the past, consciousness meant one's "inner life": the world of introspection, private thought, imagination, and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, metacognition, or self-awareness, either continuously changing or not. There is also a medical definition that helps, for example, to discern "coma" from other states. The disparate range of research, notions, and speculations raises some curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.
Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions and explanations are: ordered distinction between self and environment, simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within", being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event, or mental process of the brain.
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Forgiveness: The Path to Divine Love Forgiveness, Peace, Consciousness |
Feb 2017 Mount Saviour Monastery |
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Mindfulness Unveiled: Exploring ConsciousnessSerial: RB-02275 Dharma-Wheel_Breath Consciousness, Practice, Breath |
Feb 2017 Johanneshof |
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Original Mind: Path to Zen ClaritySerial: RB-02245 Sesshin Practice, Breath, Consciousness |
2017 Johanneshof |
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Zen Beyond ConsciousnessSerial: RB-02207 Seminar Consciousness, Practice, Posture |
Nov 13 2016 Berlin |
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Zen, Presence, and Psychotherapy HarmonySerial: RB-02208 Seminar Meditation, Breath, Consciousness |
Nov 13 2016 Berlin |
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Inner Stillness, Overcoming the SchweinhundSerial: RB-03724 Seminar Breath, Practice, Consciousness |
Nov 2016 Hamburg |
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Since You Cannot Waste Time, Don’tWisdom, Karmic Consequences, Consciousness, Rumi, Karmic Consequences, cognitive... |
Oct 08 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Holding Pre-Thought: Embodying AwarenessSerial: RB-03203 Talk_Body-Points Consciousness, Posture, Practice |
Oct 03 2016 Kassel |
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Dynamic Minds, Living SpacesSerial: RB-03925 Sesshin Consciousness, Time, Wisdom |
Oct 2016 Johanneshof |
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Meditation Beyond Personal StorytellingSerial: RB-04061 Seminar_Weaving_Our_Own_History Practice, Meditation, Consciousness |
Oct 2016 Kassel |
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Finding Stillness Amidst ChangeSerial: RB-04062 Seminar_Weaving_Our_Own_History Consciousness, Posture, Practice |
Oct 2016 Kassel |
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Zen Alchemy: Transforming Consciousness NarrativesSerial: RB-04063 Seminar_Weaving_Our_Own_History Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Oct 2016 Kassel |
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Beyond Consciousness: Embracing Zen AwarenessSerial: RB-03968 Seminar_The_Intimacy_with_the_Other Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Sep 2016 Hannover |
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Awareness Transformation in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-03970 Seminar_The_Intimacy_with_the_Other Consciousness, Bell, Practice |
Sep 2016 Hannover |
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Still Waters, Structured MindsSerial: RB-03202 Talk Consciousness, Practice, Buddha |
Sep 01 2016 Johanneshof |
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Zazen: Subtle Knots of Knowing Consciousness, Zazen, Book of Serenity |
Aug 26 2016 |
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The Unceasing Effort to Free All Beings Consciousness, Separation, Zazen |
Aug 06 2016 AM |
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Quest for Spiritual Understanding Ego, Consciousness |
Aug 2016 Mount Saviour Monastery |
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Zen and Constellations: Mind UnveiledSerial: RB-03886 Talks_Constellation-Work_with Guni Baxa Consciousness, Practice, Buddha |
Aug 2016 Johanneshof |
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Zen Transformations: Mind and Body FlowSerial: RB-03762 Talk_Twentieth-Birthday-Celebration_of_Johanneshof Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Jul 2016 Johanneshof |
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Zen's Path to Self-KnowledgeSerial: RB-02164 Sesshin Consciousness, Posture, Practice |
Jun 2016 Johanneshof |
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Embodying Change Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-02165 Sesshin Samadhi, Consciousness, Heart Sutra |
Jun 2016 Johanneshof |
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Awakening Consciousness Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-02167 Sesshin Consciousness, Time, Buddha |
Jun 2016 Johanneshof |
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Tracing Skandhas: Beyond Zen SimplificationsSerial: RB-02170 Sesshin Practice, Time, Consciousness |
Jun 2016 Johanneshof |
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Embodied Words: Zen's Living LanguageSerial: RB-02922 Seminar_To_Realize_Our_Innermost_Request Practice, Koan, Consciousness |
May 2016 Rastenberg |
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Interplay of Form and EmptinessSerial: RB-02923 Seminar_To_Realize_Our_Innermost_Request Dogen, Time, Consciousness |
May 2016 Rastenberg |
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Weaving Consciousness into Personal NarrativesSerial: RB-03049 Seminar_Weaving_Our_Own_History Consciousness, Buddhism, Time |
May 2016 Rastenberg |
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Mindfulness: Weaving Personal NarrativesSerial: RB-03050 Seminar_Weaving_Our_Own_History Practice, Consciousness, Buddhism |
May 2016 Rastenberg |
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Zen Mind Beyond Ego ConstraintsSerial: RB-03052 Seminar_Weaving_Our_Own_History Consciousness, Practice, Intention |
May 2016 Rastenberg |
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Ten Oxherding Pictures Enlightenment, Stillness, Consciousness |
Mar 29 2016 The Yoga Room |
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Zen Harmony: Bridging Cultures and ConsciousnessSerial: RB-02792 Seminar_The Practice_and_Experience_of_Change Practice, Japan, Consciousness |
Feb 2016 Johanneshof |
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Cultivating Non-Thinking: Beyond Gain Samadhi, Consciousness, Zazen |
Jan 13 2016 |
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Inner Stillness Through Zen EmbodimentSerial: RB-03200 Talk Consciousness, Practice, Posture |
2016 Wien |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 10Generosity, Wisdom, Compassion, Compassion, Consciousness, Samadhi |
Dec 12 2015 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Buddha Mind, Peace, Consciousness |
Nov 14 2015 AM |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 9Compassion, Ceremony, Consciousness, Karma, Compassion, Wisdom |
Nov 14 2015 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 8Transmission, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Consciousness, Stillness, Transmission,... |
Oct 10 2015 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Alchemy of Mindful AttentionSerial: RB-03712 Seminar_Attentional_Awareness Consciousness, Practice, Time |
May 2015 Rastenberg |
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Engaging Deeply with Zen ExperienceSerial: RB-03713 Seminar_Attentional_Awareness Wisdom, Consciousness, Practice |
May 2015 Rastenberg |
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Exploring Perception Through SkandhasSerial: RB-02396 Seminar_Skandhas Time, Practice, Consciousness |
May 2015 |
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Transcending Identity Through Skandha InquirySerial: RB-02401 Seminar_Skandhas Consciousness, Skandas |
May 2015 |
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Embodied Awareness in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-03891 Seminar_Attentional_Awareness Breath, Practice, Consciousness |
Mar 2015 Johanneshof |
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Embrace Appearances for EnlightenmentSerial: RB-03894 Seminar_Attentional_Awareness Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Mar 2015 Johanneshof |
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Mindful Presence Through Zen AwarenessSerial: RB-03895 Seminar_Attentional_Awareness Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Mar 2015 Johanneshof |
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Zen Integration: Living Mindful IntermergenceSerial: RB-03696 Practice-Week_Path_Mind_World Practice, Consciousness, Zazen |
Mar 2015 Johanneshof |
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Awakening Through Karmic Realization Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Breath |
Jan 16 2015 |
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Descending Into Wisdom's Embrace Karmic Consciousness, Anger, Consciousness |
Jan 14 2015 |
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Heartbreak Hotel: Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, Buddha, Consciousness |
Jan 03 2015 AM |
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Heartbreak Hotel: Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Karma |
Jan 03 2015 PM |
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Beyond Perception: Embracing Inner EssenceSerial: RB-03520 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Breath, Consciousness |
2015 Johanneshof |